Hernandez, currently a Mets announcer, said the checks come regularly. "I’m going to say they show my episode a lot. So I’m going to say I get a check every month. Nothing less than six weeks. They show it all the time. It’s international and everything.”

In a story line that featured him as Jerry's bromantic interest who was dating Elaine to Jerry's chagrin, Hernandez first appeared in "The Boyfriend: Part I," and "The Boyfriend: Part 2" on Feb. 12, 1992. He also was in the series finale in 1998.

By contrast, former Mets reliever Roger McDowell, who made a short but pivotal cameo in "The Boyfriend," told Fox Sports that he receives $13.52 every time that "Seinfeld" runs. It pays to be a star.